Collection

Welcome to the Castlemaine Gallery's Permanent Collection search facility.

The Gallery has always specialised in Australian art. Its particular strength is in major works of the late 1800s, the Golden Period of Australian painting, and the Edwardian era. Traditional landscape painting is a feature of the collection. More contemporary artists are also well represented.

A fund was established in 1962 from the estate of Sir John Higgins and his sister Catherine, and with this, a representative collection of Australian ceramics, both functional and non-functional, has been acquired.

In 1990 the Gallery established a policy to collect photographic images of Australian artists by Australian Photographers and now has a quality collection by such noted photographers as Max Dupain, David Moore, Richard Beck, Olive Cotton, May Moore, Pegg Clarke and Michel Lawrence.

This online collection database is currently under construction. New artworks and images are being added regularly.